Breeching-stay for harness



(No Model.)

H. A. PRIOKETT.

BREEGHING STAY FOR HARNESS.

Patented Oct. 20, 1885.

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HFRSCHEL A. PRICKETT, OF COLUMBIA CITY, INDIANA.

BREECHlNGw-STAY FOR HARNESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 328,901, dated October20, 1885.

Application filed December 6, 1884. Serial No. 149,678, (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HERsoHEL A. PRICKETT, of Columbia City, in thecounty of Whitley and State of Indiana, have invented certain new.

and useful Improvements in BreechingStays for Harness; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention,which will enable others skilledin the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and inwhich- Figure 1 is a side view of my improved breechingstay for harness,showing the same applied in position for operation. Fig. 2 isalongitudinal vertical sectional view of the same, and Fig. 3 is verticalsectional view taken on the line 50 w in Fig. 2.

The same letters refer to the same parts in all the figures.

This invention relates to breeching-stays for harness 5 and it has forits object to provide a device of this class which shall possesssuperior advantages in point of simplicity, durability, neatness ofappearance, facility of attachment, and general efficiency.

\Vith these ends in view the invention consists in the improvedconstruction and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter fullydescribed, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings hereto annexed, A designat s the brceching-strap, and Bthe stay, which is composed of two suitably-curved wire or metallicrods, C C, covered in the usual manner with leather, as at D. v

E is a buckle-plate, the lower corners of which are provided withdiagonal downwardly-extending socketsF F, the inner ends of which arescrew-th readed to receive the upper ends of the rods C C, and the outerends of which are enlarged, as shown at O, to receive the ends of theleather covering P of the said rods.

G is a Dshaped link, the straight bar of which receives the front end ofthe breeehing layer, thus insuring perfect flexibility without regard tothe remaining portion of the stay. The said link is provided with anupwardlyprojecting screw-threaded socket, H, which receives the frontend of one of the rods C, and the outer end of which socketis alsoenlarged, as shown at O, to receivethe end of the leather covering 1? ofsaid rod. The rear end of the other rod C, with its leather covering, issimilarly inserted into a screw-threaded socket, I, having enlargedouter end, 0, and extending upwardly from a small D-plate, J, having aleather filling and secured by stitching in the usual manner to theloreeching-strap.

The operation and advantages of this invention will be readilyunderstood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with thedrawings hereto annexed.

The construction is simple and inexpensive.

The tug and buckle usually employed for connecting the breeching-stay tothe hip-strap are dispensed with, inasmuch as the buckleplate E enablesthe device to be adjustably at tached to the hip-strap direct.

The appearance of the device is neat, and the sockets, having enlargedouter ends which receive the leather covering of the rods C C as well asthe ends of the said rods, protect the ends of the said leathercoverings and prevent the stitching from raveling.

Having thus described myinvention,I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States-- In a loreeching-stay for harness,the combination of a central buckle-plate having diagonally-extendingsockets at its lower corners, said sockets being screwthreaded attheirinner ends and provided with enlarged outer ends, a D-shaped linkhaving an upwardlyextending screw-threaded socket enlarged at its outerend, a D-plate having an upwardlyextending screw-threaded socketenlarged at its outer end, and the curved metallic stayrods havingleather coverings, the ends of which enter the sockets of thebuckle-plate, the D-link, and the D-plate, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaffixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HERSCHEL A. PRICKETT.

WVitnesses:

WVILLIAM N. WViLooX, CHESTER THORP.

